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Jack the Ripper by Link Wray

Hello all! Hope everyone's doing OK. We've had a run of quite challenging lessons over the past few weeks so, by way of complete contrast, this week I thought I'd look at some raw, primitive rock '...

Bluesy Arpeggios Backing Track

Here's my backing track to accompany this week's video. Just a simple blues in A. I've looped it a few times to make it a bit longer. Enjoy playing along!

Dominant 7th Arpeggios & How to Use Them

Evening all!

In this week's video I'm discussing dominant 7th arpeggios. There's a bit of theory, we learn the 5 CAGED patterns, and I talk about how to use them in a musical way. Here's the ...

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere backing Track

Here's the backing. I've looped it a few times to make it longer. It's a nice progression to improvise over as well. G major/G major pentatonic will work throughout, or you can explore a more chord...

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Country Soloing

Hello all,

This week I'm playing over the Byrds/Dylan classic You Ain't Goin Nowhere. I've put together a little solo which combines some of the steel guitar ideas you can hear on the origina...

D For Dangerous Backing Track

Here's the backing track to accompany this week's lesson. One again, some superb real drums provided by my friend Steve Duffy. Enjoy playing along!

D For Dangerous by The Reverend Horton Heat

Evening all! Finally got today's video uploaded after some processing issues...

So, this week I'm looking at an amazing - if slightly obscure - rockabilly track. If you don't know the track o...

All About Vibrato

Hello all. This week: vibrato. An essential technique, and something I think many players struggle with. So in this video I give you my tips for developing a great-sounding vibrato. There’s some ...

Girl Afraid Backing Track

Here's my backing. It should follow the arrangement of the original recording. One bar count-in. (The backwards stuff in the left speaker was done using a Digitech RV7 pedal on the reverse reverb s...

Girl Afraid by The Smiths

Hello all. I thought it was about time for another Smiths lesson. The track I've chosen is Girl Afraid, which was the B side to the more familiar Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. I won't pretend thi...

Nice Lick 16 Backing Track

Here's the backing for this week's lick. Obviously feel free to also improvise whatever you like over the top of it as well. A minor pentatonic all the way...Have fun. 

Nice Lick 16

Evening all! It's Nice Lick time once again. We're taking a simple 4 note idea and playing it with a triplet rhythm which creates an interesting kind of polyrhythmic effect. Here's the link:

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I'm Bored Backing Track

Here's the backing to accompany this week's lesson. It should follow exactly the arrangement of the original recording. No real drums this week I'm afraid, but I've done my best with the drum progr...

I'm Bored by Iggy Pop

This was recently requested by a couple of people. It's a great song from Iggy's underrated New Values record. I've always liked the track but I only sat down to figure it out properly a few days a...

Jigsaw Puzzle Blues Backing Track

Here's the backing for this week's lesson. Real drums, provided by my friend Steve Duffy. Sounds really good (if I do say so myself). Enjoy playing along. 

Jigsaw Puzzle Blues by Fleetwood Mac

Afternoon all. This week, a lovely, lesser known blues instrumental from the original Fleetwood Mac. Guitar played, not as you might expect by Peter Green, but by the great and underrated Danny Kir...

Blues Run The Game by Jackson C Frank

Hello patrons! I'm looking at a favourite finger-style tune of mine this week. Quite easy to play and a really good practical example of some of the essential picking patterns I was talking about i...

Happy House Backing Track

Here's the backing to accompany this week's video. The arrangement should exactly follow the original recording. Great drum and bass parts on this one too. Enjoy playing along!

Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees

Good evening all,

This week, I have one final (for now) John McGeoch vid. I filmed this with the others, a few weeks back. It's  a real classic that I thought deserved a proper lesson. &...

10 of my favourite alternative guitar solos

Hello all. Something slightly different this week - I'm looking at my top 10 'alternative' guitar solos. I'm trying to go beyond the usual suspects that always crop up in those greatest solos of al...

Country Soling Using 3rds Backing Track

Here's my backing to accompany this week's lesson. You can use it to practice the solo or just jam along to it and do your own thing. The C major pentatonic scale will work well throughout. You cou...

Country Soloing Using 3rds

Hello all! This week I have a little country-flavoured solo for you that's all based around the musical interval of a 3rd. We'll be learning the solo note for note and there's also a little bit of ...

Brand New Cadillac Backing Track

Here's my backing track. The arrangement is as per the original recording. Enjoy playing along!

Brand New Cadillac

Hello all! This week I'm  looking at the song Brand New Cadillac. Not the wonderful Clash recording, but the equally wonderful original version by Vince Taylor. It features some awesome guitar...

10 Essential Fingerstyle Picking Patterns

Hello patrons! Hope you're all doing okay. Today, an epic beginner's fingerstyle lesson (there's also some slightly more advanced material towards the end). The idea here is to look at  all of...

Sweetness and Light Backing Track

Here's my backing to accompany this week's lesson. It should follow the arrangement of the original. Without the other instruments it's basically the same bass and drum groove for 5 minutes, so not...

Sweetness & Light by Lush

Hello all! Following on from last year's shoegaze special, this week I'm looking at another of my favourite shoegaze tracks. As I say in the video, there's nothing too hard to play here, but some r...

Nice Lick 15 Backing Track

Here's the backing to go along with this week's video. It's a kinda funky blues in A minor. I've looped it a few times to extend it. Use it to practice the lick or of course you can just do your ow...

Nice Lick 15

Hello patrons! Hope everyone is doing okay. I thought it was about time we had another Nice Lick video. So today I'm looking at a bluesy, jazzy sort of lick that works particularly well over a domi...

I Will Dare Backing Track

Here you go. Arrangement follows the original recording. Enjoy playing along